وَكَمْwakamAnd how manyقَصَمْنَاqaṣamnāWe (have) shatteredمِنminofقَرْيَةٍۢqaryatina townكَانَتْkānat(that) wasظَالِمَةًۭẓālimatanunjustوَأَنشَأْنَاwa-anshanāand We producedبَعْدَهَاbaʿdahāafter themقَوْمًاqawmananother peopleءَاخَرِينَākharīnaanother people
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فَلَمَّآfalammāThen whenأَحَسُّوا۟aḥassūthey perceivedبَأْسَنَآbasanāOur tormentإِذَاidhābeholdهُمhumtheyمِّنْهَاmin'hāfrom itيَرْكُضُونَyarkuḍūnawere fleeing
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لَاlāFlee notتَرْكُضُوا۟tarkuḍūFlee notوَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟wa-ir'jiʿūbut returnإِلَىٰilātoمَآmāwhatأُتْرِفْتُمْut'rif'tumyou were given luxuryفِيهِfīhiin itوَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْwamasākinikumand to your homesلَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you mayتُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūnabe questioned
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قَالُوا۟qālūThey saidيَـٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanāO woe to usإِنَّاinnāIndeed, [we]كُنَّاkunnāwe wereظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers
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فَمَاfamāThen notزَالَتzālatceasedتِّلْكَtil'ka[this]دَعْوَىٰهُمْdaʿwāhumtheir cryحَتَّىٰḥattāuntilجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْjaʿalnāhumWe made themحَصِيدًاḥaṣīdanreapedخَـٰمِدِينَkhāmidīnaextinct
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وَمَاwamāAnd notخَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe createdٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāathe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earthوَمَاwamāand whatبَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between themلَـٰعِبِينَlāʿibīna(for) playing
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لَوْlawIfأَرَدْنَآaradnāWe intendedأَنanthatنَّتَّخِذَnattakhidhaWe takeلَهْوًۭاlahwana pastimeلَّٱتَّخَذْنَـٰهُla-ittakhadhnāhusurely We (could have) taken itمِنminfromلَّدُنَّآladunnāUsإِنinifكُنَّاkunnāWe wereفَـٰعِلِينَfāʿilīnadoers
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بَلْbalNayنَقْذِفُnaqdhifuWe hurlبِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqithe truthعَلَىʿalāagainstٱلْبَـٰطِلِl-bāṭili[the] falsehoodفَيَدْمَغُهُۥfayadmaghuhuand it breaks its headفَإِذَاfa-idhābeholdهُوَhuwait (is)زَاهِقٌۭ ۚzāhiqunvanishingوَلَكُمُwalakumuAnd for youٱلْوَيْلُl-waylu(is) destructionمِمَّاmimmāfor whatتَصِفُونَtaṣifūnayou ascribe
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وَلَهُۥwalahuAnd to Him (belongs)مَنmanwhoeverفِىfī(is) inٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavensوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚwal-arḍiand the earthوَمَنْwamanAnd (those) whoعِندَهُۥʿindahu(are) near Himلَاlānotيَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnathey are arrogantعَنْʿantoعِبَادَتِهِۦʿibādatihiworship Himوَلَاwalāand notيَسْتَحْسِرُونَyastaḥsirūnathey tire
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يُسَبِّحُونَyusabbiḥūnaThey glorify (Him)ٱلَّيْلَal-layla[the] nightوَٱلنَّهَارَwal-nahāraand [the] dayلَاlānotيَفْتُرُونَyafturūnathey slacken
21:20
أَمِamiOrٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ittakhadhū(have) they takenءَالِهَةًۭālihatangodsمِّنَminafromٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthهُمْhumtheyيُنشِرُونَyunshirūnaraise (the dead)
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لَوْlawIfكَانَkāna(there) wereفِيهِمَآfīhimāin both of themءَالِهَةٌālihatungodsإِلَّاillābesidesٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahلَفَسَدَتَا ۚlafasadatāsurely they (would) have been ruinedفَسُبْحَـٰنَfasub'ḥānaSo glorifiedٱللَّهِl-lahi(is) AllahرَبِّrabbiLordٱلْعَرْشِl-ʿarshi(of) the Throneعَمَّاʿammā(above) whatيَصِفُونَyaṣifūnathey attribute
21:22
لَاlāNotيُسْـَٔلُyus'aluHe (can) be questionedعَمَّاʿammāabout whatيَفْعَلُyafʿaluHe doesوَهُمْwahumbut theyيُسْـَٔلُونَyus'alūnawill be questioned
21:23
أَمِamiOrٱتَّخَذُوا۟ittakhadhū(have) they takenمِنminbesides Himدُونِهِۦٓdūnihibesides Himءَالِهَةًۭ ۖālihatangodsقُلْqulSayهَاتُوا۟hātūBringبُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ ۖbur'hānakumyour proofهَـٰذَاhādhāThisذِكْرُdhik'ru(is) a Reminderمَنman(for those) whoمَّعِىَmaʿiya(are) with meوَذِكْرُwadhik'ruand a Reminderمَنman(for those) whoقَبْلِى ۗqablī(were) before meبَلْbalButأَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of themلَاlā(do) notيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknowٱلْحَقَّ ۖl-ḥaqathe truthفَهُمfahumso theyمُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna(are) averse
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